A Korean eatery in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou says the 50 most handsome people to arrive at its gates each day will be spared paying their bills.

A video of a man riding a trolley down Auckland's Queen Street while being followed by police has been viewed more than 3.25 million times on Facebook.

Nine-year-old Alex Rukin appears before UK Parliament and accuses rail managers of not being able to use a map properly.

British police investigating Twitter boast: "Think I just hit a cyclist. But Im late for work so had to drive off lol."

An unusual job advertisement has attracted more than 10,000 applications from across the world, overwhelming the company.

Confused Islamists hoping to disrupt international travel fall short of their goal when they hack UK bus timetable instead.

"That's basically the cost of a flight!" - Outraged passenger charged six times the usual fare on New Year's Eve.

Rescued moreporks and two-headed lambs - our furry friends made headlines in the past year for good, bad and downright odd reasons.

Mystery for coastal post shop after it receives letter containing a Christmas card and a family photo but addressed only to "granny".

Ever wondered why magazines in your doctor's waiting room are well-thumbed and boring? Your fellow patients have been stealing the new gossip mags.

Dunedin motorists were stunned to see a man sitting on a couch and holding on to the rear of a moving car as it left a trail of sparks behind him.

With a relentless look of malevolence Grumpy Cat is not exactly cute. But her owner believes she's "unstoppable".

A post-mortem is due to be carried out today on the body of a baby found by two young boys digging on a beach in Sydney.

A woman in Melbourne hanging washing in her garden suddenly found herself in a 9ft hole, swimming for her life for half an hour as she shouted for help.

A fish tank at cash-strapped Dunedin Hospital cost $73,000 to install and more than $1000 a week to run in its first year.

Chinese programmer was so sick of being single that he bought 99 iPhone 6s to propose to his girlfriend. It didn't end well.

"It's only a man-eater." - Video shows Australian man jumping off a boat onto a tiger shark after being dared by his mate.

Invercargill family hit hard after lamb affectionately known as Two Face succumbed to infection.

A honeymooning couple who were arrested and both charged with assault following a fruit fight at an exclusive Queenstown hotel have been granted diversion.

When Jordan Axani booked a romantic trip of a lifetime he had a girlfriend. Now he's just got a paid-for trip - and seeks a woman of the same name to travel with.

A Western Australian man has been labelled an idiot for climbing onto a dead whale as sharks fed on it.

A broken toe put missionary Pete Johnstone - recently returned from West Africa - at the centre of an Ebola scare in Dunedin.

British PM David Cameron's security detail is under investigation after a passing jogger ran right into him.

A Chinese woman spent an entire week in a KFC eating fried chicken wings after being dumped by her boyfriend because she "needed time to think".

A charity behind the world's longest waterslide is promising to do it bigger and better - providing it can raise the $100,000 needed to get it underway in six days.

An 85-year-old great-grandmother will lose part of her property to make way for a road extension - all because the council can't cut down a protected tree.

Teatreneu has installed facial-recognition technology on the back of its chairs to track how much each person in their theatre has enjoyed the show.